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Treatments & Research

We are working diligently to gather information worldwide of different treatment protocols, their successes and failures, the families' stories and refine the efforts of treating OMS. Our mission is to find a cure for these kids. The Rhythm of Life Foundation is partnering with VCU Medical center to launch a research program for the efficacy of Plasmapheresis in OMS patients. We need to raise $1,000,000 to get us started. The cost for one child to go through the extensive protocol is well over $100,000 not including travel and lodging expenses. Please use the link here to donate to this program and help cure OMS!!

Not all OMS patients are created equal...and not all treatments will work for every patient. For some kids, none of the treatments work.

This is a steroid often used in high pulse doses in the place of ACTH. It is also used as maintenance steroids when OMS is chronic. It is also used as a "rescue treatment" during and illness to protect the brain.